What Gas and other stuff cost in 1967


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What Gas and other stuff cost in 1967. Make sure you read the last line.

Gas: Sunoco 260 - 29.9 cents per gallon
Bread 25 cents a loaf for cheap stuff. Wonder was probably 50 cents
Wage: $1.65 was minimum wage. A Doctor or lawyers made $50k and malpractice insurance was like $2,000 a year.
Homes, in Chicago $12,-25k. In Los Angeles $30 - 50k
New Toyota Corolla was $1800, Cadillac Brougham was 9K Mustang GT was 8k, Mercedes SL was $25k new VW was $1200
Shasta Cola was 8 to 10 cents each.
A scoop of Ice Cream at Baskin-Robbins was 35 cents
A scoop of Ice cream at Walgreen's or Thrifty's was 5 cents
Hamburger was 29 cents a pound
T Bone steak was $1.15 a pound.
McDonald's Hamburger was 39 cents
White Castle Hamburger was 15 cents
Coffee was 10 cents a cup or $2 for THREE POUNDS
The Sunday Times was 25 cents
A pay phone call was 10 cents
Bus ride was a quarter including free transfer
Staten Island Ferry was 5 cents
Rent was $65 to $75 for an old dumpy 1 bedroom and $100 - $115 for a nice apartment with pool, dishwasher, AC
A movie was $1.50
Popcorn was 50 cents
A snickers bar was 5 cents
Gum balls were a penny
a dozen rubbers were 89 cents a box for Trojans
Cigarettes were 27 cents in stores and 35 cents in machines
Zig Zags were a nickel.
An ounce of grass was $10 and a pound was $65.
Reds were 5 for a dollar and white criss crosses were 10 for a dollar
The Sound of Music had been running at ONE theater for 18 months straight and you had to pay $3 to $4 to get in to see it.
It cost $8.50 to see Linda Ronstadt at the Palamino in North Hollywood
It cost $8.50 to see Hair live in Hollywood at the Aquarius Theater
Student Standby at the Los Angeles Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on weekends was $3.50 for most plays.
It cost $12.50 to fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Continental
I used to have a cheese burger with fries and a chocolate shake for $1.89 at Thrifty Drug
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Empty Pockets got his AARP card. Love you Larry:biggrin

Yeeeeeeeeew mizzerbull...


(I hate to admit it, but, I can remember getting various candies for "two, three, & five for a penny" in my youth...)

("The Sunday Times was 25 cents" That's about what it's WORTH today...either NYT OR LAT!!!)
 
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Yeeeeeeeeew mizzerbull...


(I hate to admit it, but, I can remember getting various candies for "two, three, & five for a penny" in my youth...)

("The Sunday Times was 25 cents" That's about what it's WORTH today...either NYT OR LAT!!!)


How about Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum - 1 Cent
 

Empty Pockets

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How about Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum - 1 Cent
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Naaaaaah! I was a "Double Bubble" man - uh, "boy" - myself! :lol
 

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A 67 mustang GT was less than $8000 ( this was 3 years before I was born).
 

Empty Pockets

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A 67 mustang GT was less than $8000 ( this was 3 years before I was born).

See what you MISSED OUT ON.............................KID?!

The sticker on a 1968, 427/435, 4-spd, "T"-top 'Vette was just under $6400.00. I know that for a fact because I bought one. And even though that was the FIRST YEAR of that radical (then) new design and dealers COULDN'T KEEP 'EM IN STOCK - there wasn't a dealer ANYWHERE charging a "premium" for 'em. "Premiums" were UNHEARD OF in those days. 'Still should be IMO.
 

Mullet

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See what you MISSED OUT ON.............................KID?!

thanks for rubbing it in GRAMPS.

;)
 

Empty Pockets

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thanks for rubbing it in GRAMPS.

;)


:lol:lol:lol :tongue
 

RALPHIE

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1967 - my daughter was born :party
 

Empty Pockets

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1967 - my daughter was born :party

:club:party '72 & '76 here! :party:club




(...'not great years for CARS though...:frown)